Time goes back a little to the middle of June. The technical exposition had not yet been held in the Shoro Kingdom.

In the Kingdom of Klein, meetings were being held every day.

The current topic of discussion is the Inard Mine in the former Count Walther's territory.

It had already been decided to divide the former Count Walther's lands and give them to the new nobles who had made good deeds.

The village of Toka was given to the baronet Lysia Faarheit. The Inado Mines to the east of Toka were to be added to Jin's leases.

The problem was the Inad mine.

The Inad Mine yielded gold, silver, and some magi crystals. As a source of income for the kingdom and as a resource to support its industry, they account for about 5% of the total mineral resources.

It would be a shame to give up a 5 percent source of income.

Perhaps it is human nature to be reluctant to give up something that one has decided to do.

"Then, the land will be officially leased to Jin-dono from August 1, and we will do all the mining we can until then, is that correct?"

This is it.

King Alois III of the Kingdom of Klein sighed softly at the tinkering of his ministers.

"(It seems that the corruption of the old nobles is not limited to Count Walter alone. ......)"

But his inability to say it out loud or express it in his manner was his limitation as king.

"What to do with the miners, then?"

"Then what to do with the miners?" "Humans are inefficient. This is precisely the time to use a golem.

We have 20 general-purpose golems. I think we should send in about 10 of them.

This is what Jin made.

At first glance, it seemed to be for the benefit of the country, and since it was impossible to refute the proposal with a clear argument, even the king could not just say no. The next day, he sent 10 general-purpose golems to the Golem Center.

The next day, 10 general-purpose golems and their wagons were sent out. Accompanying them were their leader, Viscount Beyer, Boulton Allstadt, and Heinz Rasch, as well as the wagon drivers.

Viscount Beyer was chosen as the leader because of his expertise in mine management. Boulton can sort ores with his . Heinz is the guard.

It took the group six days to reach the Inado Mine.

The Inado Mine is a gaping hole on top of a small mountain, and the tunnels are excavated at an angle downwards.

The surroundings were the same as they had been when Count Walter had tried to attack the village of Kaina, and had broken the control grimoire to free the criminals who had been forced to work as miners.

"Okay, let's get to work!"

After clearing away the scattered rock debris and fragments of the magic tool, the excavation began immediately.

The performance of the general-purpose golem that Jin had created was nothing short of amazing.

Although not as powerful as the golems on Horai Island, the general-purpose golem, which is about 10 times more powerful than ordinary humans, dug out more and more ore with pickaxe, hammer, and hammer in its hands.

It does not need to worry about air or food.

All you have to do is fill the mana tank with mana once a day. The mana supply is also carried in the wagon.

We need only a minimum amount of light.

All of this is a credit to Jin, but Viscount Beyer does not even notice it.

He simply smiles at the piles of ore piled up in front of him.

Boulton appraises them and classifies them into gold and silver ores, crystals and quartz, and magi-crystal ores.

"As I thought, it seems that the ore veins are running out. The percentage of ores containing gold is decreasing.

Upon hearing Boulton's report, Viscount Beyer gave a new order.

"Let's dig deeper. Golem can do it."

The advantage of the golem is that it can work underwater to some extent, even if water comes up. The Viscount ordered them to dig down into the veins of the mine to a depth that would be impossible for an ordinary person.

In one week's work, two months' worth of ore was mined.

As the work became routine, the Viscount began to make frequent trips down to the nearest village, namely Toka.

The distance to Kaina village is closer, but he does not want to let it be known now that he is mining at a fast pace, even if it will eventually be known.

The village of Kayna is closer to the village of Kayna.

However, such precautions were powerless in the face of the Kaina village monitoring system.

Since the previous attempted attack by Count Walter, the Inado Mine had also been under surveillance.

In addition, there is a special magical line attached to the general-purpose golem, called the tracking system, which is connected to the old lord. The tracking system allowed the Old Master to know everything the Golem was doing.

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No wonder the old man describes the mine as poor.

The daily output of the Inad mine is about 0.5 kilograms of gold, 3 kilograms of silver, 6 kilograms of copper, 4 kilograms of tin, 4 kilograms of tin, and 6 kilograms of copper. 4 kilograms of tin, 10 kilograms of zinc. 0.1 kilogram of silver mithril. 150 kilograms of quartz, 15 kilograms of agate. And 0.5 kilograms of magecrystal.

This is about 1/500th of Horai Island. And this is thanks to the performance of the general-purpose golem made by Jin. When the humans were there, it was less than 1/10th of this weight.

The highest point is the Inado Mine, which is higher than the village of Kaina. The depth of the main tunnel is over 100 meters and was about to reach 150 meters.

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July 1. July 1, the day Licia was officially appointed as the lord of Toka village.

Viscount Bayer had left the morning before for Toka village to avoid meeting Licia. He knew that Licia was reasonably close to Jin.

"Well, I guess it's time to go.

Four of the five wagons had already been sent home. The remaining wagons were more than half filled with ore. They will be full in a day or two.

Even with the high-performance general-purpose golem, it is taking more time than expected to carry the ore out of the mine, which is more than 150 meters deep underground.

"If it becomes any less efficient, it won't be profitable."

The mine is already impossible for humans to mine. Giving such a mine as a gift is rather a sign of contempt for the recipient, but the Viscount does not care about such things.

It is the state, the royal family, that cares. He is just doing his job as he was ordered.

（I did my duty...except for a few extra bucks.)

Viscount Beyer mutters to himself. He had secretly smelted about two kilos of gold out of the mine and kept it for himself. Yes, the Viscount was able to use the engineering magic of smelting.

And July 2nd.

The wagons were almost full and the work was to be finished in one day.

Boulton, who had been appraising the ore day after day, was most pleased.

"Can we go home now? I don't want to do this job at all, even if it is an order. ....... By the way, I heard that Gloria is in Toka village.

I had such a small hope.

However.

At 6:00 p.m., when the depth of the main tunnel was almost 200 meters.

Suddenly, the earth rumbled.

"What is it?"

Next came a roar and a cloud of dust erupted from the tunnel.

Was it a cave-in?

If a tunnel more than 200 meters long collapsed, it would be more than just a matter of time. Even the Golem would not be safe.

Viscount Beyer turned pale at the thought that he might lose 10 valuable general-purpose golems, and that the responsibility would fall on him.

However, the situation was not that simple and easy.

A large volume of rock erupted from the collapsed tunnel. They flew several tens of meters in the air and fell. Trees near the tunnel's exit were all snapped down.

Ten general-purpose golems also came spewing out together. But not a single one of them was unharmed, some with arms removed, others with bent legs, and so on.

"This isn't just a falling rock!"

Boulton shouted over the unceasing rumbling of the ground. Heinz is also bracing himself. Viscount Beyer is the only one who is dismayed and does not seem to understand what is happening.

Then appeared.

"What is this ......?"

It crawled out of the tunnel.

Five meters in diameter and 50 meters long. The metallic luster of its body surface glints a metallic green, and countless legs wriggle on both sides of its body. It had four eyes, glowing red.

"Hundred Legs ......?"

It was a monster that looked a lot like a giant centipede.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

It was not one, but two, three...... total of five giant centipedes crawled out.